NRA’s Performance Index Rose In January On Improved Sales And Traffic, But Cap-Ex Indicators Were Flat

The National Restaurant Assn.’s Restaurant Performance Index rose 0.6 point in January, as the indicators that monitor same-store-sales and customer traffic improved and five of the RPI’s eight component rose. Unfortunately, the two markers that follow capital spending trends were not among them. The overall PRI rose to 99.9, just shy of the 100 level…